Yissau Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Yissau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Yissau (22) may also be a first name.
Yissau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yissau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yissau is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yissau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yissau live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yissau is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria Yissau is most common in: Oyo, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Osun, where 26 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yissau
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